Best new Android, iPhone and Windows Phone apps for July 2014

Feeling lost in the woods of millions of applications out there? Every month, we select the best new apps that have arrived for each of the three biggest platforms. In this round-up, we have selected the finest new titles released in July for Android’s Google Play Store, the Apple App Store, and the Windows Phone Marketplace.

We kick off our selection with iPhone apps, and our top pick for the month is Kinomatic, the most advanced video recording and editing app on the App Store. It boasts a simple user interface, and powerful manual controls.

On the Android side of things, Bamboo Paper is our favorite for the month with its brilliant note-taking capabilities and nice interface. That’s far from all, though - we have selected apps from various categories, from photography to productivity. Finally, we have some Windows Phone apps as well - Microsoft’s platform continues its steady growth and this month it got an official app for Fitbit and Uber, two very popular services.

With no further ado, take a look at the top Android, iOS and Windows Phone apps: which ones are your favorites?

Kinomatic combines the most advanced manual video recording features along with a powerful built-in editor, all in a surprisingly simple, streamlined user interface. We’re smitten with the speed of edits and the ease with which you can re-arrange trim and mix clips into a finished video project. The powerful manual controls include separate buttons for focus, exposure, and white balance lock, plus you get to see audio levels live. All in all, Kinomatic is a new-comer to video editing apps, but it has become an instant favorite for iPhone videographers.

The creative minds from Pixite have created a few of our favorite iPhone apps, and their latest creation, Matter, brings 3D structures simple and complex, reflective and translucent, that add a queer, alien element to your images and even video.

A powerful yet simple podcast player, with features such as Smart Speed, Voice Boost, and Smarter Playlists to help you listen to more podcasts in more places, try new shows, and completely control your experience.

With a visual timeline of your time, smart reminders, detailed reporting, and an interface crafted by Tapity’s Apple Design Award winning team, Hours aims to turn a tedious process into an enjoyable one.

Official app for the public radio program This American Life. Includes on-demand access to the show's entire archive of more than 500 episodes. Users can download five shows at a time for offline listening. Plus a 24 hour live stream of episodes, exclusive audio, video and text extras, staff picks, searching by contributor, and more.

Get organized with 15 free Real Simple checklists, including helpful tips from Real Simple editors; create your own custom checklists; set reminders on tasks; share tasks with friends and family for help.

Together is an app for keeping things in one place. Notes, documents, images, movies, sounds, web pages and bookmarks can all be kept in Together, tagged, previewed, collected together in different ways and found again instantly.

Turn your Android tablet into a paper notebook. Bamboo Paper helps you capture your thoughts and ideas. Taking notes, sketching and drawing is as straightforward and as simple as using a real pen and paper.

With so many cool Android apps, Better Open With saves you the hassle of having to choose only one default app handler when you click a filetype, and without having to choose between "only once" and "always".

HTC Sense Input speeds up your typing and reduces accidental errors. It learns from your input and selections and offers you more precise word candidates. HTC Sense Input also supports the “trace” feature so you can type more efficiently with one hand.

Facetune provides easy-to-use, powerful tools (previously reserved only for the pros) to retouch and perfect every photo or selfie, making each one look like it came straight out of a high-fashion magazine.

120 Sports is the new way to experience sports. Featuring real-time highlights, expert analysis and interactivity, 120 Sports is a must for every fan. This free app offers over 10 hours of live programming every day and requires no cable authentication or subscription.

Use a range of filters to give a professional finish to your photos and blur the background to add depth. You can also choose from a number of enhancements including brightness, color tone, vibrancy and clarity, or simply crop and rotate with the Reframe feature.

Kinomatic combines the most advanced manual video recording features along with a powerful built-in editor, all in a surprisingly simple, streamlined user interface. We’re smitten with the speed of edits and the ease with which you can re-arrange trim and mix clips into a finished video project. The powerful manual controls include separate buttons for focus, exposure, and white balance lock, plus you get to see audio levels live. All in all, Kinomatic is a new-comer to video editing apps, but it has become an instant favorite for iPhone videographers.

Best new Android, iOS and Windows Phone apps for July 2014

1. Kinomatic

Kinomatic combines the most advanced manual video recording features along with a powerful built-in editor, all in a surprisingly simple, streamlined user interface. We’re smitten with the speed of edits and the ease with which you can re-arrange trim and mix clips into a finished video project. The powerful manual controls include separate buttons for focus, exposure, and white balance lock, plus you get to see audio levels live. All in all, Kinomatic is a new-comer to video editing apps, but it has become an instant favorite for iPhone videographers.

2. Matter

The creative minds from Pixite have created a few of our favorite iPhone apps, and their latest creation, Matter, brings 3D structures simple and complex, reflective and translucent, that add a queer, alien element to your images and even video.

5. Overcast: Podcast Player

A powerful yet simple podcast player, with features such as Smart Speed, Voice Boost, and Smarter Playlists to help you listen to more podcasts in more places, try new shows, and completely control your experience.

6. Hours Time Tracking

With a visual timeline of your time, smart reminders, detailed reporting, and an interface crafted by Tapity’s Apple Design Award winning team, Hours aims to turn a tedious process into an enjoyable one.

7. This American Life

Official app for the public radio program This American Life. Includes on-demand access to the show's entire archive of more than 500 episodes. Users can download five shows at a time for offline listening. Plus a 24 hour live stream of episodes, exclusive audio, video and text extras, staff picks, searching by contributor, and more.

8. Real Simple Checklist

Get organized with 15 free Real Simple checklists, including helpful tips from Real Simple editors; create your own custom checklists; set reminders on tasks; share tasks with friends and family for help.

9. Together

Together is an app for keeping things in one place. Notes, documents, images, movies, sounds, web pages and bookmarks can all be kept in Together, tagged, previewed, collected together in different ways and found again instantly.

11. Bamboo Paper

Turn your Android tablet into a paper notebook. Bamboo Paper helps you capture your thoughts and ideas. Taking notes, sketching and drawing is as straightforward and as simple as using a real pen and paper.

13. Commandr for Google Now

14. Better Open With

With so many cool Android apps, Better Open With saves you the hassle of having to choose only one default app handler when you click a filetype, and without having to choose between "only once" and "always".

18. HTC Sense Input

HTC Sense Input speeds up your typing and reduces accidental errors. It learns from your input and selections and offers you more precise word candidates. HTC Sense Input also supports the “trace” feature so you can type more efficiently with one hand.

23. flavourit

24. Facetune

Facetune provides easy-to-use, powerful tools (previously reserved only for the pros) to retouch and perfect every photo or selfie, making each one look like it came straight out of a high-fashion magazine.

25. 120 Sports

120 Sports is the new way to experience sports. Featuring real-time highlights, expert analysis and interactivity, 120 Sports is a must for every fan. This free app offers over 10 hours of live programming every day and requires no cable authentication or subscription.

28. Nokia Creative Studio

Use a range of filters to give a professional finish to your photos and blur the background to add depth. You can also choose from a number of enhancements including brightness, color tone, vibrancy and clarity, or simply crop and rotate with the Reframe feature.

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